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Hamburg (ots Ad hoc-Service) -
SinnerSchrader Aktiengesellschaft continued its profitable
growth in the first quarter of the fiscal year 1999/2000
(1.9.-30.11.99). The eCommerce service and consulting company
generated revenues of DM 6.3 m, an increase of 475 % on a
year-on-year basis. SinnerSchrader combines strong growth and
profitability. The operating profit amounted to DM 1.4 m
approximatley 20 times the level reached in the first quarter of the
previous fiscal year. The net income for the first quarter 1999/2000
was DM 0.7 m, resulting in earnings per share of DM 0.09.
A major growth driver is the development of the number of
employees. While 24 people worked at SinnerSchrader at the end of
November 1998 this figure stayed at 88 on November 30, 1999.
On January 17, 2000 SinnerSchrader has launched the
business-to-business- channel ricardoBIZ.com for the German online
auction house ricardo.de. Several other client projects went online
in SinnerSchrader's first fiscal quarter: For AutoLeasing Deutschland
(ALD) an eCommerce platform for the leasing business was established.
In addition SinnerSchrader has implemented a virtual market for ALD's
used cars under www.seconddrive.de. New designs and new features were
developed for the websites of the shoe retailer Goertz-Schuhe and the
telecommunications company Talkline.
For Germany's largest ticket seller, CTS Eventim AG,
SinnerSchrader has created a an improved version of their platform
www.eventim.de. Other new customers SinnerSchrader has won in the
first quarter were the Internet platform Tomorrow Internet AG and the
Internet start-up PropertyGate.com AG. For PropertyGate
SinnerSchrader is currently working on a website for high-end real
estate.
Recently, SinnerSchrader has also started work on the eFlower
project, the joint venture with Blume2000. This venture will go
online in the first half
of the current year selling plants and flowers via the Internet.
SinnerSchrader is planning to start other venture projects in the
near future.
"Creating winners in eCommerce" is SinnerSchrader's objective in
any client project. With CTS Eventim AG and Softline AG planning to
go public within the next months, there will soon be seven listed
companies on Germany's Neuer Markt working with eCommerce solutions
developed by SinnerSchrader. Since November 2, 1999 SinnerSchrader
itself is listed on the Neuer Markt. In addition to the expansion of
its business the successful IPO has clearly
marked SinnerSchrader's first quarter of fiscal 1999/2000.
Further information and the quarterly report can be found at:
www.sinnerschrader.com
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